EQUIPMENT

Truck makers push parts online and speed service

Daimler Truck Technician

In trucking, where uptime can be the difference between making or losing money, major truck manufacturers are rolling out digital tools to speed parts ordering, using an app to audibly guide repairs and even arranging to transport trucks needing service.

The one-day repair is a focus of all manufacturers who also are increasingly using over-the-air updates to reprogram sophisticated computer systems without the truck coming to a service center.

24-hour turnaround

Daimler Trucks North America...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/truck-makers-push-parts-online-and-speed-service

New trailer orders fell to near zero in April

Trailer welder

Preliminary net orders for trailers in April fell to just 300 bookings, the lowest level since 1990.

The 95% drop in orders from March and 98% decline from April 2019 put orders during the past 12 months at 162,000, according to FTR Transportation Intelligence.

The impact of the health crisis on manufacturing and an already slowing market for equipment combined to cause many fleets to effectively close their order books and cancel or push out orders scheduled for 2020 delivery.

“There are still...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-trailer-orders-fell-to-near-zero-in-april

Wabash National maintains solid trailer order backlog

Trailer

Wabash National Corp. (NYSE: WNC) maintains a $1 billion backlog of commercial trailers and other equipment to build and is seeing steady customer orders despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Far from downplaying the health crisis and how it might impact the business going forward, company executives told analysts Thursday they feel they have a handle on the situation. 

“We have been preparing for several years for an eventual downturn in our end markets,” Wabash National CEO Brent Yeagy told analysts...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/wabash-national-maintains-solid-trailer-order-backlog

Depressed used truck prices fall lower in April

Used Trucks of Texas

Prices for Class 8 used trucks continued to fall in April, though some improvement in auction activity gave hope the bottom of the market is near.

Same-dealer sales were off 8% in April compared to March as the first full month of the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the overall economy. Volumes fell 5% compared to the same month a year ago, according to ACT Research.

Month-over-month used truck prices fell 8%, ACT said.

“Our first reaction to the unit sales data was one of surprise that the market held...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/depressed-used-truck-prices-fall-lower-in-april

Continental customers will now transition to KeepTruckin ELDs

Continental customers will now transition to KeepTruckin ELDs (Photo: KeepTruckin)

Global automotive parts supplier Continental is collaborating with fleet management solution provider KeepTruckin to switch the electronic logging devices (ELDs) used by its customer base to KeepTruckin’s ELD solutions. 

In that regard, Continental has discontinued its previous ELD program with RoadLog – a situation that James McCarthy, business development manager at Continental, described as an “extremely hard decision.”

McCarthy explained that Continental made the decision after due diligence...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/continental-customers-will-now-transition-to-keeptruckin-elds

Major truck suppliers bank on electrification in COVID-19 triage

Dana Meritor illustration

Two major trucking suppliers reported lower sales for the first three months of the year as expected Thursday, but even facing a business slowdown of uncertain length, they continue to spend on electrification programs that could eventually transform the industry.

Meritor Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) and Dana Inc. (NYSE: DAN) suggested battery-electric efforts for major customers are untouchable as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic that has shuttered their facilities and left them scrambling to conserve...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/major-truck-suppliers-bank-on-electrification-in-covid-19-triage

WACT to be enhanced with new equipment

The West African Container Terminal (WACT), Onne Port, Rivers State, has ordered 10 terminal trucks, two reach stackers and one empty container handler worth $2.5 million (about N900 million) to cope with increasing volumes at the terminal.

WACT Managing Director Aamir Mirza made this known on Friday during the inauguration of four new terminal trucks to enhance service delivery at the zone. The four new trucks arrived the country, having been flown in on one of the world’s largest cargo...

http://container-news.com/wact-enhanced-new-equipment/

European firms to equip Chabahar port

A senior official of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) announced on Wednesday (Nov. 21) that Iran has signed several contracts with European companies to further equip the strategic port of Chabahar despite the US sanctions.

“Equipping Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti port has again been put on the agenda,” Mohammadreza Allahyar, a member of the PMO’s executive board, told Fars News Agency on Wednesday.

“A number of contracts have been inked to this end and the European companies will...

http://container-news.com/european-firms-equipment-chabahar-port/

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